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After The Hiatus: So What?

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I sat here for the better part of a month, trying to write some sort of quotable, useful, chock-full-of-Instagram-worthy-wisdom post about how enlightened  I am since taking a break from social media in November. (Spoiler: I'm so enlightened. Clearly.) Then, I figured:  I'll make a list!  People are busy. They don't have time, energy, or attention to devote to a New Yorker- style diatribe of dozens of pages with ten-dollar words and hifalutin prose. People dig lists. They read them. They might even comment on them. That's what it's all about, isn't it? (Oh. Wait. See item 7 below.) EIGHT THINGS I LEARNED FROM MY SOCIAL MEDIA BREAK: [Number 1 will surprise you! One simple trick! Other clickbaity language!] 1. I am physically, mentally, and circumstantially incapable of maintaining a blog on a daily basis.  This one goes without saying, so we'll get it out of the way first. To all two of my faithful readers: I hope you were still able to get something out of t...